Residence Eight

Green-Built Home, Mountain Region

Building a Certified Passive House* is challenging enough, but to accomplish it within the constraints of production home building using industry standard building techniques, materials and “off the shelf” technologies is a major accomplishment. Working in collaboration with the architect, energy consultants and subcontractors the home builder demonstrated the ability to produce an extremely energy efficient home while maintaining less than a 17% increase over the cost of the standard version of the home. A clearly stated goal and commitment to educate the team paved the way to the project’s success.

There is abundance of natural daylight, flexible spaces and an inside/ outside connection allowing the home to live big despite its 24-foot width. The house is sited on a small infill lot within a brownfield community minutes from downtown Denver. The home certainly doesn’t sacrifice livability in its pursuit of sustainability.

*Note: Residence Eight is the first home built in the U.S. by a production home builder to meet the stringent requirements of the Passive House Institute U.S. Building Standard.